ramsdell@LINUS.MITRE.ORG (06/08/89)
# Suspected bug in GNU Make version 3.45. # "make all" fails with the message: # gmake: *** No way to make target `foo.c'. Stop. # I think it should succeed as it does when using Sun make. # John D. Ramsdell -- June 1989. # Note the use of "::"! Obviously, this example does not call # for the use of "::", but it is derived from one that does. all: foo foo rm foo foo.c foo.c:: echo 'main(){ printf("Hello world.\n"); return 0; }' > $@
ramsdell@LINUS.MITRE.ORG (06/09/89)
Posted-Date: Thu, 08 Jun 89 20:49:41 PDT Organization: The MITRE Corp., Washington, D.C. Date: Thu, 08 Jun 89 20:49:41 PDT From: Roland McGrath <mcgrath%paris.Berkeley.EDU@ginger.Berkeley.EDU> X-Mdf: ramsdell <Ramsdell, John D> re-routed to "ramsdell@linus.mitre.org" I cannot reproduce this bug in my version. Try getting a newer version (3.48 was the last release) and try it again. I copied GNU make version 3.48 from prep.ai.mit.edu and got the same result as before: ----------------------------- huxley% cd ~/trash/make-3.48 huxley% gmake make gcc -g -O -c arscan.c -o arscan.o gcc -g -O -c glob.c -o glob.o gcc -g -O -c ar.c -o ar.o gcc -g -O -c commands.c -o commands.o gcc -g -O -c dir.c -o dir.o gcc -g -O -c file.c -o file.o gcc -g -O -c load.c gcc -g -O -c make.c -o make.o gcc -g -O -c read.c -o read.o gcc -g -O -c remake.c -o remake.o gcc -g -O -c remote.c gcc -g -O -c rule.c -o rule.o gcc -g -O -c variable.c -o variable.o gcc -g -O -c vpath.c -o vpath.o gcc -g -O -c version.c -o version.o gcc -g arscan.o glob.o ar.o commands.o dir.o file.o load.o make.o read.o remake.o remote.o rule.o variable.o vpath.o version.o -o make.new mv make.new make huxley% cd ~/c huxley% ../trash/make-3.48/make -f gmake-bug make: *** No way to make target `foo.c'. Stop. huxley% gcc -v gcc version 1.35 huxley% which ../trash/make-3.48/make ../trash/make-3.48/make huxley% ------------------------------ ~/c/gmake-bug: ------------------------------ # Suspected bug in GNU Make version 3.48. # "make all" fails with the message: # gmake: *** No way to make target `foo.c'. Stop. # I think it should succeed as it does when using Sun make. # John D. Ramsdell -- June 1989. # Note the use of "::"! Obviously, this example does not call # for the use of "::", but it is derived from one that does. all: foo foo rm foo foo.c foo.c:: echo 'main(){ printf("Hello world.\n"); return 0; }' > $@ -------------------------------------- I am running GNU make on both a Sun4 and Sun3 under SunOS4.0. John